Literary Agencies in California – This article answers the most common questions about California literary agents and California literary agencies: Are literary agents in California the best representatives for authors of books with movie or TV appeal? How many book agents on our list of literary agents are in California? How many of the best literary agents and top literary agencies are in California? And, should you send your query letter to CA literary agents? Scroll below for answers to these questions, and more.

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Why Are So Many Literary Agencies in California?

There are more literary agents and literary agencies in California than any other place in the United States–except New York. There are a lot of literary agents in CA because it’s the state with the largest population in the country, and because California is the “Entertainment Capital” of the Untied States. Manhattan is the “Publishing Capital” of the country, with 2/3 of the nation’s literary agents located there. However, there are also many literary agents on the West Coast, pitching their authors’ books to publishers in New York and elsewhere–and getting them “subsidiary” or “ancillary” rights deals related to feature film, television, and other area of the entertainment and infotainment industry.

Should You Query California Literary Agencies?

Literary agents and literary agencies in California can do just as good a job for authors as literary agents and literary agencies in New York or elsewhere. Each situation is different, so here are two things you should consider.

Most successful literary agencies without their main office(s) in California have someone who works for them who is in California; or, more often, they have “co-agent” or “sub-agent” relationships with successful literary agencies in California who help sell their authors’ subsidiary or ancillary rights. Same thing goes for foreign rights such as English language editions and translated editions of books produced and published abroad. We live in a specialized world and not every literary agent or agency does everything, does everything well, or needs to. For example, when I was a literary agent, I didn’t handle film rights personally. Instead, when I had a project I believed had film potential, I reached out to a famous literary agent, Joel Gotler, who’s well-known and well-respected in the movie industry, and he was kind enough to help.

If you’re already a media personality, you want to become a media personality, and/or you believe book publishing is just one part of what you’re planning to produce and promote with your brand…it might make sense to prioritize literary agencies in California when you start researching and ranking agents. Especially if you live in California, or if you’re planning to eventually move to The Golden State. Otherwise, you shouldn’t give California literary agencies preferential treatment, the same way you shouldn’t exclude successful literary agents in California just because they’re not in New York.

Literary Agencies in California – By the Numbers

Here are “the numbers” for literary agents and literary agencies in California.

71 of the 600+ literary agencies in the USA are in California

152 of the 1,300+ individual literary agents in the U.S. work with CA literary agencies

126 of the book agents with literary agencies in California are in Los Angeles

106 of the book agents with literary agencies in California are on LinkedIn

104 of the publishing agents California literary agencies are on Twitter

31 of the book agents with CA literary agencies are on Facebook

Literary Agencies California (in alphabetical order)

Aevitas Creative Management

Andrea Brown Literary Agency

Andy Ross Literary Agency

APA Talent and Literary Agency

April Eberhardt Literary

Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises

BJ Robbins Literary Agency

Books & Such Literary Agency

BookStop Literary Agency

Bradford Literary Agency

Candice Fuhrman Literary Agency

Castiglia Literary Agency

Christopher Ferebee Literary Agency

Cine/Lit Representation

Cornerstone Literary Agency

Creative Management

Dana Newman Literary

Davis Wager Literary Agency

Dreisbach Literary Management

East West Literary Agency

Eyebait Literary Management

Felicia Eth Literary Representation

Fountain Literary

Fresh Books Literary Agency

Full Circle Literary

Fuse Literary

Ghosh Literary

Global Literary Management

Handspun Literary

Heacock Hill Literary Agency

Hidden Value Group

Hill Nadell Literary Agency

Intellectual Property Group

Julie Hill and Associates

Keller Media

Ken Sherman & Associates

Kimberley Cameron & Associates

LA Literary Agency

Launchbooks Literary Agency

Lennie Literary Agency & Author’s Attorney

Linda Allen Literary Agency

Manus & Associates Literary Agency

Margret McBride Literary Agency

Marsal Lyon Literary Agency

Media Motion International

Paul S. Levine Literary Agency

Rebecca Friedman Literary Agency

Red Fox Literary

Redwood Agency

Renaissance Literary & Talent

RO Literary

Root Literary

Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency

Solow Literary Enterprises

Stuart M. Miller Co. Literary Agency

Ted Weinstein Literary Management

The Amy Rennert Agency

The Angela Rinaldi Literary Agency

The Charlotte Gusay Literary Agency

The Cowles Agency

The Fielding Agency

The Knight Agency

Van Haitsma Literary

Venture Literary

Veritas Literary Agency

Verve Talent & Literary Agency

WordWise Media Services

Writers House

Yates & Yates

Submit your Query to California Literary Agencies

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